Germany sweeps Great Britain in Exhibition Series

Jens Cornelsen and Benedikt Antwi last Cuts

Germany played a three-game exhibition series against Great Britain to finish up training camp in Heidenheim over the weekend. In Stuttgart on Friday, pitchers Enorbel Marquez-Ramirez, Rodney Gessmann, Nils Hartkopf and Eugen Heilmann led the team to a 5-1 victory. One day later the series moved to Heidenheim with Germany completing the sweep over the weekend with scores of 12-1 and 7-5. Simon Guehring set the highlight on Saturday with a homerun. On Sunday Germany turned an early 0-5 deficit into a win. Pitchers Benedikt Antwi and Jens Cornelsen were hit hard and were cut from the Baseball World Cup team after the match.

The 24-man roster will travel to Regensburg on Monday and will hold their first practice at the Armin Wolf Arena on the afternoon. They will open the tournament on Wednesday at 7pm CET against China.

Complete Roster:
Pitchers:
Martin Almstetter, Rodney Gessmann, Philipp Hoffschild (all Regensburg), Nils Hartkopf (Mainz), Enorbel Marquez-Ramirez (Solingen), Andre Hughes (HCAW Mr. Cocker), Eugen Heilmann (Paderborn), Martin Dewald (Mannheim), Markus Winkler (Heidenheim), Tim Henkenjohann (Bonn)

Catchers:
Michael Franke (Paderborn), Simon Guehring (Heidenheim), Kai Gronauer (Savannah Sand Gnats/New York Mets), Chris Howard (Regensburg)

Infielders:
Jendrick Speer, Octavio Medina (Paderborn), Andreas Janzen (Heidenheim), Ludwig Glaser, Philipp Howard (both Regensburg), Dominik Wulf (Solingen), Max Boldt (Mainz)

Outfielders:
Marvin Appiah, Sascha Lutz (both Mannheim), Robert Gruber (Heidenheim)

Coaching Staff:
Head Coach Greg Frady, Assistant Coaches Jesco Veisz and Omar Johnson, Pitching Coach Troy Williams

Photo: Deutscher Baseball und Softball Verband e.V. / © Gregor Eisenhuth